diff --git a/pkg/db/model/model.go b/pkg/db/model/model.go
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2018-present Open Networking Foundation
+
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package model
+
+import (
+	"github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/pkg/common/log"
+)
+
+func init() {
+	log.AddPackage(log.JSON, log.InfoLevel, log.Fields{"instanceId": "DB_MODEL"})
+	defer log.CleanUp()
+}
+
+const (
+	// period to determine when data requires a refresh (in milliseconds)
+	// TODO: make this configurable?
+	DataRefreshPeriod int64 = 5000
+
+	// Attribute used to store a timestamp in the context object
+	RequestTimestamp = "request-timestamp"
+
+	// Time limit for a KV path reservation (in seconds)
+	ReservationTTL int64 = 180
+)